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# Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) (Hybrid)

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Reliability Engineering, System Availability, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Splunk
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/staff-site-reliability-engineer-sre-hybrid-new-york-ny-usa-58847810

## About the Role

with and resiliency reviews * Drive major reliability and scalability initiatives across Kubernetes, deployment infra, databases, and networking * Automate to reduce toil and boost engineering productivity * Build internal platforms and tooling for reliable operations at scale * Lead incident response and postmortems with long-term remediation * Partner with engineering leadership on platform architecture and deployment strategy * Mentor engineers via design reviews and operational guidelines * Collaborate with customers and teams to design secure, scalable deployment architectures for cloud and on-prem environments Tasks * 8+ years' experience with a Bachelor's degree or 6+ yrs with Masters or 3+ years with a PhD, or equivalent related experience * At least 6 years in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform/Cloud/Infrastructure Engineering, or related fields * 5+ years operating large-scale Kubernetes platforms in production * Experience designing highly available, scalable distributed
systems * Experience with AWS, GCP, or other public clouds * Strong experience designing CI/CD platforms and deployment automation at scale Key requirements * medical, dental and vision insurance * 401(k) with matching contribution * paid parental leave * paid holidays and vacation policies * sick time and personal wellness days * volunteer days (optional)

## Description

Experteer Overview As Staff Site Reliability Engineer, you will lead reliability, scalability, and operational architecture for Splunk Agent Observability's platform. You will set long-term reliability strategy, drive major infrastructure initiatives, and raise engineering standards across deployment automation, production operations, and platform resiliency. You'll influence platform architecture and guide cloud and on-prem deployments, collaborating with cross-functional teams and customers. This role offers impact at scale, shaping how AI-enabled deployments are observed, controlled, and trusted. You'll partner with leadership to elevate incident response and drive long-term improvements. Compensation / Benefits * Define and drive the technical roadmap for platform reliability, scalability and operational excellence * Lead architecture and evolution of deployment platforms for cloud and air-gapped environments * Establish reliability standards including SLOs, readiness, capacity planning, and resiliency reviews * Drive major reliability and scalability initiatives across Kubernetes, deployment infra, databases, and networking * Automate to reduce toil and boost engineering productivity * Build internal platforms and tooling for reliable operations at scale * Lead incident response and postmortems with long-term remediation * Partner with engineering leadership on platform architecture and deployment strategy * Mentor engineers via design reviews and operational guidelines * Collaborate with customers and teams to design secure, scalable deployment architectures for cloud and on-prem environments Tasks * 8+ years' experience with a Bachelor's degree or 6+ yrs with Masters or 3+ years with a PhD, or equivalent related experience * At least 6 years in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform/Cloud/Infrastructure Engineering, or related fields * 5+ years operating large-scale Kubernetes platforms in production * Experience designing highly available, scalable distributed systems * Experience with AWS, GCP, or other public clouds * Strong experience designing CI/CD platforms and deployment automation at scale Key requirements * medical, dental and vision insurance * 401(k) with matching contribution * paid parental leave * paid holidays and vacation policies * sick time and personal wellness days * volunteer days (optional)


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